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Lombron Airfield

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Lombron Airfield
Advanced Landing Ground A-37
Lombron Airfield is located in France
Lombron Airfield
Lombron Airfield
Lombron Airfield (France)
Coordinates48°05′54″N 000°27′11″E / 48.09833°N 0.45306°E / 48.09833; 0.45306 (A-37 Lombron Airfield)
TypeMilitary Airfield
Site information
Controlled by  United States Army Air Forces
Site history
In use1944
Battles/warsWestern Front (World War II)

Lombron Airfield is a former World War II airfield, located 1.0 km south-southwest of La Chapelle-Saint-Rémy in the Pays de la Loire region, France.

History

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Lombron Airfield was built between 18 August and 3 September 1944 by the 834th Engineer Aviation Battalion, IX Engineering Command.

Construction of Lombron Airfield (A-37), France, 1944.

The airfield was established as an Emergency Landing/Refueling Airfield, however, it was not heavily used but one unit temporarily settled at the base: the P-47 Thunderbolts of the 405th Fighter Group. Although the airfield was not finished yet, advance parties of the Group was sent there with the remainder sent to Cretteville Airfield (A-14) on 25 August. The P-47s remained at the airfield until 13 September 1944, when the much better equipped former Luftwaffe airfield, Saint-Dizier–Robinson (A-64) became available.

The airfield was abandoned by the end of the month and returned to agricultural use. Nothing remains of the former airfield.

References

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  • Lombron (A-37)
  • Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
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